<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Mike Dougherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msd001@gmail.com">msd001@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I assume this question to be not only about the probability of<br>
accurate marksmanship, but also about each person's estimation of who<br>
the remaining shooters would choose to shoot. Are we to assume that a<br>
successful hit necessarily means death? If not, the scenario could<br>
become quite absurd when a fatally wounded-but-not-yet-dead gunslinger<br>
waits for his turn to shoot another nearly dead gunslinger. I guess<br>
we also don't worry about either White or Brown killing Black on their<br>
first shot, then running out of bullets from missing either other<br>
repeatedly (assuming that 1/3 probability does not guarantee that<br>
White will definitely hit by his 3rd attempt in the same way a 1/2<br>
coin toss may show a 3+ occurance sequence of heads or tails)<br>
<br>
In the cases I considered (below) White has the best chance for<br>
survival if he shoots at Black first: he is either lucky and gets rid<br>
of the deadliest opponent himself or misses Black but Brown kills<br>
Black. Even if Brown were to miss, if Black shoots Brown first then<br>
White gets one more chance to kill Black. If White kills Brown, Black<br>
kills white = game over.<br>
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WR1, Rx, BW1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WR0, RW0, BW1, Wx, RB0, BR1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WR0, RW1, BR1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WR0, RB0, BW1, Wx, RB0, BR1 :: B wins<br>
WR0, RB0, BW1, Wx, RB1 :: R wins<br>
WR0, RB0, BR1, WB0, Rx, BW1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WR0, RB0, BR1, WB1, Rx, Bx :: W wins<br>
WB0, RW0, BW1, Wx, RB0, BR1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WB0, RW0, BR1, WB0, Rx, BW1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WB0, RW1, BR1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WB0, RB0, BR1, WB0, Rx, BW1, Wx, Rx :: B wins<br>
WB0, RB1, Bx, WR0, RW1, Bx, Wx :: R wins<br>
WB0, RB1, Bx, WR1, Rx, Bx :: W wins<br>
WB1, RW0, Bx, WR1, Rx, Bx :: W wins (flawless victoryyyyyy)<br>
WB1, RW1, Bx, Wx :: R wins<br>
<div></div></blockquote><div><br>This is oldhat; I thought you were going to mix it up some. :) Perhaps
Black is actually a hologram or White's bullet ricochets each round, or
they're all distracted by Mr. Pink running off with the loot?<br><br>Perhaps each suddenly suffered an epiphany as to the wasteful gracelessness of their actions when seen over increasing scope of time or something equally extropian?<br>
<br>
-Chris<br><br>
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